English Week in this Nursing major’s secondary school led her to learn through games. He read the Young Post for assignments.
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Adapting to the Hong Kong education system in primary school and learning English was a challenge for this Finance major. She learnt a lot of vocabulary reading the newspaper.
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Studying in a unique primary school in Shanghai that was dedicated to learning foreign languages developed the communication skills of this Economics major. In middle school, he read the dictionary every day.
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A student explains how her parents sent her to a tutorial school where she enjoyed learning English because she they played games and sang. Her most memorable book is Twilight.
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Acting in a drama show taught this Chinese major how to express herself better and be confident in front of the audience. She reads magazines, like TIME, to learn more about international issues and movie stars.
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Chatting with international students at university has helped this Information Engineering major develop English conversation skills. He uses a dictionary when reading the newspaper. He warns that Google Translate is limited.
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Listening to music relaxes this Hospitality major while improving his English. Making books into dramas helped him get a deeper understanding of the texts. He is reading Michael Jordan: The Life.
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An exchange tour to the UK during his secondary school improved this Business major’s understanding of various English accents. He also learnt a lot from Animal Farm by George Orwell which was a class reading.
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A tutor sparked this Nursing major’s interest in the language through the surroundings such as street signs. She also forced herself to watch TV shows and movies to help improve her language skills. She read Pride and Prejudice.
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Watching movies in secondary school was an alternative to listening to teachers and doing past papers for this Bilingual Studies major. She loves reading fantasy novels such as Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Watching movies and having follow-up discussions were interesting English learning experiences. This Engineering major also read books borrowed from a library to prepare for the DSE.
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The learning environment in Form One was good as this Biochemistry major and all her classmates enjoyed playing games and singing songs in class. She read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time for the SBA.
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A discussion after watching a movie in Secondary 1 English class helped this student better understand the scenes. He read his first English book in primary school.
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A course at Oxford University enabled this System Engineering major to learn English in a more casual way. The trip included visits to museums. He likes to read articles in Business Insider via Facebook.
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Interviewing tourists helped this Social Science major improve his conversation skills. He reads about football on the Internet and uses a dictionary when he comes across new words.
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Classes in secondary school prepared this Design major for the DSE yet her knowledge of everyday English is limited. She prefers Chinese and reads only English references and online sources if needed.
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Being a volunteer tutor in Mongolia gave this Law student a chance to review his learning skills and share his experiences. He read Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling when participating in prose reading competitions.
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Being a NET’s helper allowed this Accounting major to talk with the teacher every day in English. She was required to read the book Jane Eyre. She also read Harry Potter and Twilight after watching the movies.
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An interactive drama workshop attended by this Arts major involved group scriptwriting. She chose fiction books for biweekly school reading sessions.
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Friends helped this student to train his language skills. He reads other people’s comments when he watches movies on YouTube but he doesn’t write anything himself.
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Exercises based on the SCMP taught this Social Science major how to find the key points in the newspaper articles. He was interviewed about stargazing in Hong Kong for the Young Post.
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Being in a Romeo and Juliet play showcased this Science major’s language ability. She read a book about time management for the SBA in Form Four.
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Working as a volunteer in Greece gave this English and Education major an opportunity to use English to communicate with others. She reads mostly for academic purposes.
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Rewriting the end of a TV drama in a tutorial class helped this Business major’s composition skills. She likes reading novels and found the Twilight series fascinating.
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Interactive tutorials with games helped this Civil Engineering major develop a passion for learning English. He seldom reads and prefers science fiction. He read Star Wars because of the movie.
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A summer programme in England during secondary school gave this student the chance to improve by communicating with locals. He preferred reading the English version of Harry Potter. He also likes Gilgamesh. He reads more now in university.
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Doing large amounts of homework and reading newspapers in Form One was difficult but helped enhance this Accounting major’s language skills. Reading newspapers given by a NET in Form Three was relaxing as the content was not difficult.
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Preparing for IELTS led this Software Engineering major to work hard and read online news such as the BBC. She prefers learning English through movies. She read Alice in Wonderland and The Little Prince.
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Preparing for the A-level exam for this student involved being pushed by a teacher to do mock examinations and many exercises. She finds reading English books difficult and was unable to finish Harry Potter.
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Watching BBC News on YouTube teaches this Social Science major English. She reads the English version of Chinese classics on her tablet.
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A university language course with a smaller class size gave this Business major more chances to speak. Reading different types of texts such as poems for literature class broadened her horizons.
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Peter Pan is the first book this English major had read. He has to make sure the grammar is correct whenever he presents in university classes. One of his favourite books is George Orwell’s 1984.
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A teacher used movies to raise this Science major’s awareness in improving his pronunciation. He was required to read the works of Shakespeare for a school assignment.
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A four-month university exchange in Canada required this Environmental Science major to use English more than usual. He also read a lot of online research papers during that time.
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Activities using songs, films, and stories interested this Liberal Studies teaching major. It improved her pronunciation. She likes the magic of Harry Potter and mystery of Sherlock Holmes.
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An enthusiastic teacher was willing to do extra work for this Nursing major. She read newspapers every day in secondary school to learn new vocabulary.
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English is the only language of communication in Hong Kong for this Indonesian student. She uses Google and the thesaurus when she encounters difficulties reading journal articles.
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Having debates in biblical ethics class enabled this Psychology major to express her opinion from a religious stance. After reading Romeo and Juliet, she made a video and performed in a skit.
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Primary school English classes involved improvisation and role-playing for this Arts major. There is so much new vocabulary in university readings that she spends the whole day looking up words in the dictionary.